useradd in shadow-utils before 4.0.3, and possibly other versions before 4.0.8, does not provide a required argument to the open function when creating a new user mailbox, which causes the mailbox to be created with unpredictable permissions and possibly allows attackers to read or modify the mailbox.
References
Link Resource
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc
http://cvs.pld.org.pl/shadow/NEWS?rev=1.109
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20370 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20506 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25098 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25267 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25629 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25894 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25896 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 Vendor Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-249.htm
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-02.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312692 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:090
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0276.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0431.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468336/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18111 Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018221
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2006 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26958
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1357
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10807
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2006-05-28T23:00:00

Updated: 2018-10-18T14:57:01

Reserved: 2006-03-12T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2006-1174

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-05-28T23:02:00.000

Modified: 2020-08-11T17:09:47.717


Link: CVE-2006-1174

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